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I've driven my car like this on occasion, preserving fuel by timing the traffic signals ahead and arriving just in time for the signal to turn green. The problem is, people behind me don't understand and get all pissed off. Most people prefer to arrive at the light when it turns red, to buy high & sell low, etc. We love doing everything in the most inefficient way possible. I imagine sea captains won't like the plan much either, for similar reasons.

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In this situation you're the sea captain, and there's no one behind you getting pissed off. If they're properly incentivised, as the article mentions, I don't see why they couldn't come round to it

I drive like that sometimes and have not annoyed people. I believe it reduces wear and tear too (less braking and gear changing). It might be because most of my driving is in light traffic in (and between) small towns in the English Midlands rather than city commuting.

The most common problem I have is when I slow down because I am unfamiliar with a road and cannot figure out what the right lane is or similar.

> The Blue Visby Solution requires considerable connectivity, co-ordination and participation, from lots of different stakeholders, on a global scale – but where the rubber meets the road, it's incredibly simple. It simply tells the ships to slow down, so they arrive at port right on time.

IMHO, the real motivation is cognitive load or mental effort.

It requires a lot of work just to mind the optimization. Easier to just go quickly to the stop light then wait, where you can turn off brain. Similarly with "Sail Fast Then Wait".

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